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Blademage Saga #2
Journeyman Warsmith
Volume II of The Blademage Saga, Journeyman Warsmith, takes place over two years after Apprentice Swordceror.
Kevon has grown, in skill, strength, and stature. Hiding amongst the miners on the Southern Frontier, he has taken up blacksmithing, relying on the near-constant touch of iron and steel to shield him from discovery by his enemies. When he learns of a growing darkness near the site of the destruction of the Mage's tower in the West, he rejoins Waine and Bertus to investigate. He takes up the mystic arts once more, and is forced to work with a former enemy to save the Realm from an evil he helped unleash.
Kevon has grown, in skill, strength, and stature. Hiding amongst the miners on the Southern Frontier, he has taken up blacksmithing, relying on the near-constant touch of iron and steel to shield him from discovery by his enemies. When he learns of a growing darkness near the site of the destruction of the Mage's tower in the West, he rejoins Waine and Bertus to investigate. He takes up the mystic arts once more, and is forced to work with a former enemy to save the Realm from an evil he helped unleash.
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First published July 30, 2013
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July 2, 2014
I am still in the process of reading it. I am enjoying it, it has a good plot, good characters and plenty of action.
There is one thing that really bothers me. Kevon has way too many names in this book. He is called The Seeker, The Warsmith, The Journeyman, The Mage, The Adept, The Warrior Mage, The Journeyman Mage, etc etc etc... and they are all used at the same time! Sometimes as often as the following paragraph. Almost always the following page. It's really irritating and slightly confusing.
I would much prefer that the author just used Kevon's name or He. I also noticed that Waine is being called The Adept sometimes too. It get's worse when Mirsa starts getting called The Mage, The Master Mage, The Master Wizard. The guys are all The Warrior. As I get further into the book it is getting worse.
If it wasn't for all the name changes I would give this book a four star.
There is one thing that really bothers me. Kevon has way too many names in this book. He is called The Seeker, The Warsmith, The Journeyman, The Mage, The Adept, The Warrior Mage, The Journeyman Mage, etc etc etc... and they are all used at the same time! Sometimes as often as the following paragraph. Almost always the following page. It's really irritating and slightly confusing.
I would much prefer that the author just used Kevon's name or He. I also noticed that Waine is being called The Adept sometimes too. It get's worse when Mirsa starts getting called The Mage, The Master Mage, The Master Wizard. The guys are all The Warrior. As I get further into the book it is getting worse.
If it wasn't for all the name changes I would give this book a four star.
August 30, 2013
The first book was great but the second book in the series has really let me down.
There are sudden changes in the characters that are just unexplained. The story becomes really disjointed and I was forced to re read chapters as I honestly believed I had missed entire sections out.
That said the potential was there and the overall outcome was still good. Hopefully book three will be more akin to the first book.
There are sudden changes in the characters that are just unexplained. The story becomes really disjointed and I was forced to re read chapters as I honestly believed I had missed entire sections out.
That said the potential was there and the overall outcome was still good. Hopefully book three will be more akin to the first book.
October 22, 2013
I almost feel like the author accidentally deleted a couple paragraphs in random places throughout the book. I noticed this tendency to leave things unexplained in the first book (for example pholos) but it was so much worse in this book that I thought I had a bad kindle copy.
May 22, 2021
Could have been a lot better
I enjoy coming of age stories so I stuck through to book 2, but there are a lot of flaws in the story and character development to overcome. One of the biggest downside to me was changing title of the character’s which kept getting confusing, I feel my journey with this author ends here.
I enjoy coming of age stories so I stuck through to book 2, but there are a lot of flaws in the story and character development to overcome. One of the biggest downside to me was changing title of the character’s which kept getting confusing, I feel my journey with this author ends here.
May 17, 2017
Crap saga continues on and on, with bland content.
February 18, 2021
Changing companions
Losing people and women change La Di Da Di Da Di Da La Di Da Di Da that's all the words I need
Losing people and women change La Di Da Di Da Di Da La Di Da Di Da that's all the words I need
February 22, 2017
Another fun book
I love this series, it's YA and not heavy but with enough complexity to keep me interested plus good and our evil but now mixed with a bit of ambiguity.
I love this series, it's YA and not heavy but with enough complexity to keep me interested plus good and our evil but now mixed with a bit of ambiguity.
January 4, 2015
Book 1 was 4 stars, so the poor quality of this sequel was a bit of a shock. Desperately in need of a good editor. It had potential, but was ultimately annoying. The changes in character name were terribly off putting as each character had their name plus at least one other title. Kevon had at least 3 titles that were interchanged. The plot had huge holes and I felt like the book was missing great sections or even chapters. There were also stupid things like a merchant girl who in two years becomes an accomplished acrobat and master assassin?
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July 26, 2015
Again good not great
I enjoyed the story and the premise of it. However, it lacks details. For instance, there was a scream that was cut off, but no further details until a sentence or two that states that the orc decided to eat part of the remains. But there are no details to what happened to the person, and this is consistent throughout the book. Although, I enjoyed the book it would have been much better if the author provided more details to strengthen the story and the characters.
I enjoyed the story and the premise of it. However, it lacks details. For instance, there was a scream that was cut off, but no further details until a sentence or two that states that the orc decided to eat part of the remains. But there are no details to what happened to the person, and this is consistent throughout the book. Although, I enjoyed the book it would have been much better if the author provided more details to strengthen the story and the characters.
June 28, 2015
More like a story outline
The story goes too fast with no real content. There is no story to the characters. They just stumble along. Even when there are great story plots they are not utilized fully. This arc could easily be done in two books if the story and characters are flushed out.
And please stop using the honorifics to represent the people. It is beyond common sense.
The story goes too fast with no real content. There is no story to the characters. They just stumble along. Even when there are great story plots they are not utilized fully. This arc could easily be done in two books if the story and characters are flushed out.
And please stop using the honorifics to represent the people. It is beyond common sense.
July 14, 2015
A lot of readers expressed bafflement and disappointment at this second installment, and I see where they are coming from. While I enjoyed this book and the speedy pace of the plot, I couldn't not completely enjoy the changes the characters have gone through.
August 16, 2013
Very good book, somewhat short (I like huge books lol) the plot thickens.
Interesting twist on magic
Interesting twist on magic
August 31, 2015
Wow. Ready to start number three to see how this all comes out b
September 1, 2015
Great read!
March 29, 2017
The first half was good, not as good as the first book but not the horror show the second half was.
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